Showing posts with label Jubilee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jubilee. Show all posts

Sunday, 9 June 2013

St Columba - 1450th Anniversary of the arrival of St Columba on Iona

The Apostolic Nuncio in Great Britain,
Archbishop Antonio Mennini

St Columba 1450th Anniversary Celebrations


During the Year of Faith the Catholic Church in Scotland will celebrate the 1450th Anniversary of the arrival of St Columba on Iona. The celebration will include

Mass on the Solemnity of St. Columba
Sunday 9th June 2013
St. Columba’s Cathedral, Oban at 5pm

Pilgrimage to Iona
Monday 10th June 2013
led by
His Excellency
Archbishop Antonio Mennini
Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain
Rt. Rev. Joseph Toal, (Bishop of Argyll & the Isles)
and the Bishops of Scotland
Iona Abbey.jpg
Iona


Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Thomas at Nunraw Golden Jubilee of Ordination

Fr. Thomas at Nunraw Golden Jubilee of Ordination


Abbot: Intro Mass       Golden Jubilee of Fr Thomas’ Ordination       18.6.12

Today we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Fr Thomas’ ordination to the priesthood.  It is awkward for him to preside at the Mass at the moment and so I have been dragooned into service.  He will say a few words himself after the Gospel, so I have been warned to keep this short.
The first thing to mention is our thanks for the years when he has taken his place serving the community in the daily liturgy and providing the sacraments when required, not to forget his spiritual input in his homilies and chapter sermons.  He has also been confessor and counsellor to not a few people within and without the community over these past 50 years.
I’m running out of my allotted time, so must leave the rest to Fr Thomas later.

As always, we begin our Eucharist being mindful of our need of God in our lives and ask him to forgive our sins and our failings.

1                Lord Jesus, you lift us up when we are weak
    and have sinned -                   Lord, have mercy.
2        You feed us with your Word and with your Body and
   Blood                  -                   Christ, have mercy.
3     Lord, you call us to serve you and our neighbour
in love.        -                   Lord, have mercy.
Prayer of Faithful
God our Father, hear us in these all our needs.  May we receive your gifts and use them wisely to further your kingdom on earth.
Through Christ, our Lord.
Fr. Raymond, Fr. Dunnachie, Fr. Thomas, Abbot Mark.


After the Gospel, Fr. Thomas spoke about his 50 years as Priest.
....
Please sit down ... don't be alarmed! I won’t keep you long, because I can't stand for long myself.

On this day 50 years ago I was ordained a priest in the small wooden church next to the guest house by Cardinal Gray; in October of that year the Second Vatican Council opened in St. Peters, Rome. – Now, I'm reliably told, there's no direct connection between the two events, such as cause and effect!

Historically, 50 years is a short, period of time, but sometimes great changes take place in that span which are worldwide and perhaps a century or more in the making.

In 1950, the world was settling down again to peaceful living after the defeat of Nazi-ism, only to be confronted by a determined Communism which undermined from within the human political system. In 1960, Pope John 23rd ordered the 2nd Vatican Council to bring the Church "up to date" and ready to meet the changing aspirations of a secular world; it did its job, it was a profound success, but it didn't work in practice!
   Fewer and fewer people went to church, vocations fell away, churches closed– the Church was shrinking in size. Why was this happening? One would have expected the opposite!

This kind of reverse happening has its parallel in the O.T. many times over: in the time of the Judges, a few valiant Israeli tribesmen scored notable victories over countless foes by "put your trust in Yahweh, not in chariots and horses"; when King David pushed the frontiers of Israel to their furthest, he took
a census of his people, when his army commanders brought him the figures, he knew he had done wrong– and did penance; later still, the Maccabees defended the small territory of Juda from Greek secularism and maintained Temple worship, from this position Pharisee-ism arose which blinded them to the coming of their Saviour ... from the sack of Jerusalem 12 unlettered men went out to tell the world about a New Testament ... "put your trust in Yahweh, not in chariots and horses". The 'up and down' cycle has continued to our own day. God, now' our Father, continues to purify his people with chastisements of our own sinful making, but with Faith in Him we hold together and somehow his Kingdom ... it’s tempting to say 'increases', but it doesn’t, it continues, we can't say anymore. Trust in the Lord, and live by Faith.

For myself, I want to make this day, a day of Thanksgiving for staying the course!


Donald, Seamus, Nivard, Raymond, William, Thomas (under clock),
Mark, Kentigern, Stephen, Patrick, Philip,, Leonard     













Monday, 18 June 2012


Monday of the Eleventh week in Ordinary Time

Monday, 21 November 2011

Holy Cross Jubilee Dixon Avenue Glasgow

Bp. Mone cuts the Jubilee cake.

Father Neil Donnachie.  PP
1886 1911 2011
Jubilee Thanksgiving Mass
Sunday 20 November 2011
Principal Celebrant: Bishop John Mone
History:
  http://www.holycrossparish.org.uk/H%20C%20History.pdf   

Bishop John Mone and Fr. Neil Donnachie PP
join in the celebration Reception 

Welcome for so many of the Priests ordained from Holy Cross  Parish,
picture  brothers McGlynn from Nunraw.

  

Fr. Peter Link  1886-1889
Bishop Henry Graham
1930-1959
William P Cannon  O’Brien. 1889-1930.
Fr. Patrick Wycherley
1960-1964

Bishop James Ward
1965-1973
Mgr John Gillespie 1973-1984
Mgr John Hanrahan
1984-1995
Fr. Anthony Bancewicz 1995-2004
Fr Neil Donnachie

PARISH PRIESTS

Fr. Neil Donnachie
2004
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